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Update:

My shipping container arrived yesterday. I packed my primers up and called Linda at Winchester. She is arranging for pickup by a local express company.

So far, I think they're handling this very well. Hat's off to whoever decided to take the high road on this and not weasel out. All this can't be cheap.

Add these to the list:

DEL 688G
HFL 590G
HEL 374G

It just occurred to me that Winchester could save a lot of money by just taking the primers sent back by one person and sending them out as replacements to another. That's how the Gummint would do it.

Pappy - now don't go putting thoughts like that in our heads!!!

Shipping containers arrived today - too late to get back with Linda to arrange a pick-up.

Sent back approximately 600 two weeks ago and had a $50 check in the mail today. Still undecided whether 100% satisfied.

Sorry, it's my naturally sunny disposition.

Has anyone actually gotten replacement primers from Winchester or are they just sending money?

I wish I would have received primers to my door. I have over the $50 dollars in 600 primers considering I now have to drive another 45 miles to purchase replacements. Very glad I didn't order them through the mail and have a haz mat fee tied up too.

I guess you're including gas and/or your time in that price. Priners here are $3.50 to $5.00 per C, except at the shops that have been gouging during the scare. Takes me about 30 minutes to get to my primary LGS.

Always the risk of seeing something else to buy, of course.

I haven't had any failures but I have several thousand WLR, WLRM primers on hand, mostly purchased between 2008 and 2013. Is winchester replacing primers for folks who have stocks of "bad" lot#'s and no issues, or do I need an issue to call Sharon.

10gaugemag is the only one so far that's gotten anything back (so far as I know), and he got money, not primers. Makes sense in that they only pay for hazmat one way. I'd be okay either way, but if I use the money to replace my primers, I won't buy Winchesters at this time for fear of getting more bad ones still in the supply chain. If they send me primers, I'll use them until something pops. Can't believe they'd send out more problematic ones.

I have different rifles now for the cartridges I used the Winnies in, so will be working up new loads anyway.

Its really not the replacing primers or their cost, I just made a mock order on midway and I could replace everything except the WLRM for around $275 in one order with CCI's. Its not exactly small change, but I could do it. Its more that WLR's have been my standard primer for 15 years and I have maybe 20 rifles with at least a load each, some with 2 or 3, that would need to switch primers in and refire to confirm. What a PITA.

I had no verified evidence of leaks, but called anyway knowing mine were bought at the approximate time frame of others. She wanted mine back because it was within "a month or so" of a known bad lot. I anticipate receiving the packaging today or early next week. I was told she'd send a check.

I've read the posts here and checked my supply - most of my Winchesters are white box (nickle plated) WLR's and WLRM's, only have 170 blue package PGL067G - going to go check the bolt faces, but I don't remember any problems when shooting reloads built with them. However, I do have 4600 blue box (brass) WLP's to worry about from what I could find on other shooting forums. Guess I need to give Winchester a call - glad I decided to read this thread.

guess I'll call Sharon with the lot #'s I have on hand, Thanks!

I am sending them 2 bricks of LR and 1 brick of LRM. They were most likely bought a year or more apart. Some as resent as 3 weeks.

I just got off the phone with the freight company making the pickup. So far, so good.

I called Winchester this morning, they called back within 3 hours.

I have 5,000 primers I will be sending back to them.

They offered to pay me $50.00 a thousand.

Very nice people/Kristen to work with.

I also have 3 bolts with pitting. Three 700 Rem bolts, two of them being Ti.

Winchester seems very willing to make things right.

I also spoke with Sharon and Kristen and will be sending back a couple of bricks of WLR and WLRM primers.

I asked about buying new primers and Kristen indicated that they knew what had happened and the new production primers should be without issue. Those lots that start with K and L should be good. So if there are folks like me that have quite a few loads with Win primers they don't wish to convert, there are some lots that should be safe.

Wonder if they would make things right by paying almost $70 per K if a person would have had to purchase through mail order and pay base shipping + Haz Mat fees?